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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

rag rug wip

I love to reuse/repurpose things. I also have an unhealthy love for rugs. Handmade rugs? All. the. better. This one is pretty zany, I'll be the first to admit it. But so far, so good!

I started with this stack of previously worn knit shirts. Some were pilled, some were slightly stained and some of them shrunk up funny in the wash. (Hate that!) I deconstructed them and cut them into approximately 3" squares. Thank goodness for my rotary cutter!

I selected a few upholstery samples that I had in my stash (these are 18" square). Then, I basically used this tutorial (thanks Vanessa!) for attaching the knit squares to the upholstery squares. Working with 18" squares made the process pretty manageable at the sewing machine. Any larger and things would have gotten awkward fast!

These totally remind me of those little tissue paper flowers we used to make in grade school. The ones where you used little tissue papers wrapped around a pencil eraser and you dipped them in white glue, then attached them on a background piece of paper. Remember those?

So far I have two squares done and four left to go. Once all 6 squares are made, I plan to zig zag them together in a 2 x 3 layout. (Now THAT should be fun. Heh.) If all goes well, this will be my new entryway rug.

I started this back in May (oh, my!) and I'm blogging about it now in hopes that it will motivate me to finish! Because I really, really could use a new entryway rug. In fact, I could have used a new rug a few months ago. :) I'm also linking up with Lee for WIP Wednesday.

there is something about liking up with Lee at WIP Wednesday that makes me feel more accountable to *finish* things. maybe that's why i haven't linked up in awhile? well, anyway your rug idea is pretty cool :)

Hey that's really cool!!! I just got done doing up a crocheted rug made with t shirt yarn. It's OK but it turned out kinda wonky.. This one I likey! Thanks a whole lot for giving me one more thing I feel like I "have" to make :)

This is awesome! Now how can I fit this into working on a Halloween costume, plus two twin-sized quilts, one a zigzag (pieced, sandwiched and pin-basted), the other a cartwheels (still piecing). How do you do it, Amandajean?

This is so great. When you say upholstery samples, is that just heavier fabric, the kind you can get from JoAnns? I never did those tissue things in school, but my children did. I love how this turned out.~a